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Book/Printed Material De la danse, considérée sous le rapport de l'éducation physique,

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Title

  • De la danse, considérée sous le rapport de l'éducation physique,

Summary

  • In this important early nineteenth-century physiology of dance, the author provides extensive discussion on the importance of dance. Numerous extractions from Alerme's text can be found throughout later nineteenth-century dance literature.

Names

  • Alerme, P.-E

Created / Published

  • Paris, Les Marchands de nouveautés [etc.] 1830.

Headings

  • -  Dance
  • -  Exercise
  • -  Physical education and training
  • -  Dance History and Theory

Medium

  • 114 p. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1595 .A4

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 43028264

Online Format

  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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The accompanying videos were produced by the Library of Congress. Note Video Performers for additional credits for video performers.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Alerme, P.-E. De La Danse, Considérée Sous Le Rapport De L'éducation Physique. [Paris, Les Marchands de nouveautés et, 1830] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/43028264/.

APA citation style:

Alerme, P. (1830) De La Danse, Considérée Sous Le Rapport De L'éducation Physique. [Paris, Les Marchands de nouveautés et] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/43028264/.

MLA citation style:

Alerme, P.-E. De La Danse, Considérée Sous Le Rapport De L'éducation Physique. [Paris, Les Marchands de nouveautés et, 1830] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/43028264/>.